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Webster 1913 Edition

Turtlehead

Tur′tle-headˊ

(tûr′t’l-hĕdˊ)

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

An American perennial herb (

Chelone glabra

) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also

snakehead

,

shell flower

, and

balmony

.